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GMRS Mode Programming

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Operating Your Radio GMRS Mode Programming GMRS Standby GVHMFRS ROG Intro Operation Customer Warranty GMRS MoAdssiestanPcerogramming TRX VGTHRMFXRS U A VAOTXISVOX LOMEBDHHUIISSISACAeMcMonEdEMaryEMIcMoEnsM The GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) feature is a landmobile service available for short-distance, two-way communications in the UInSstAal.laYtioonu channels muCsutsthomaevre a valid (seeAspsisatagnece 28). FCC license to communicate on these Start from GMRS Standby mode to begin GMRS Setup programming. Press and hold the Call/Enter/Setup button for two (2) seconds to enter the programming mode. Call/Enter/Setup Squelch Control Notice Caution Warning Squelch Control filters weak signals and radio frequency (RF) noise so that you will clearly hear the signals you want. The Squelch Control on this radio is set through the following keypad operation. To Set Squelch Control: 1. With the power On, push and hold Call/Enter/Setup button to access the Setup menu. Main Icons Intro Operation 2. Squelch control will be the first menu item to appear. Press the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons to set level. The signal level bar graph shows squelch level while you are in Setup mode on the squelch adjust function. 3. To adjust your squelch, press the Channel Down button until you hear a hissing sound, then press and release the Channel Up button until the hissing stops. This will establish a "Baseline" squelch. Customer Warranty 4As.sisBtayncepressing the Channel Up button further, you will filter weak and medium strength signals. By pressing Channel Down button, you will receive weaker signals. Secondary Icons Installation 5. Press Customer Assistance the Call/Enter/Setup button to save this entry and move to the next Setup mode programming. NOTE If the Squelch is set so that you can hear a continuous hissing Notice souCnaudtio,n the MWeamrninog ry Scan and Tri-Watch functions will be blocked. Operating Your Radio GMRS Mode Programming Main Icons Intro Operation Customer Warranty CTCSS andAsDsisCtanSce Coding Mode Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System (CTCSS) and Digital Coded Squelch (DCS) coding are used in two-way radio sayrestInsesemtanllastt.iconTohnetisneuCAoasussuritseostmalnsyecruewb-itahusdpibeleecfhretqoueenngcaiegse or digital tones that other radios with Secondary Icons this feature. This feature is generally used between talk groups on Intro Opserhatiaonred channels. Customer Assistance RaWdariroansty with the same subcode set will hear your ROG GVHMFRStbreanasbmleistosiohne.aRr ayoduiorstrwainthsmboistshioDnCsS. and CTCSS set to Off or 00 will CTCSS Off TRX Main Icons GMRS Secondary Icons To Set CTCSS Code Entry: Installation NoticeCustomer Assistance Caution Warning 1. Display will show CTCSS icon and OFF icon flashing. U VOX ATRXHI VHF SAME MEM NOTE If CTCSS was previously set to a Code number, display will B U I C Intro ATISVOX LOMEDHISAMEMEM OpNeroatticioen show the CACsussaitusottmaionencre curWrWaearrrnannitntgyGMRS channel and flash the CTCSS icon and Code number. Call/Enter/Setup Installation Secondary Icons ROG GMRS VHF TRX Notice 2. Codes begin at 00 (OFF) and go to 38, followed by 00, and return Customer Assistance back to 01 again. The last used GMRS channel will be shown in the large digit display. NOTE If CTCSS is On, then DCS will be Off. If DCS is On, then CTCCaSutiSon will beWaOrninfgf. The radio does does this automatically. U VOX H I SAME MEM Channel Up/Down Buttons 3. P ress Channel Up/Down button to change code number, or press and hold Channel Up/Down button to rapid advance (scroll). 4. Press Call/Enter/Setup button to save entry and move to the next setup programming mode. 38 English Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 39

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Operating Your Radio
39
Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
38
English
Operating Your Radio
GMRS Mode Programming
MEM
SAME
ATIS
VOX LOMEDHI
VHF
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GMRS
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GMRS Standby
GMRS Mode Programming
GMRS Mode Programming
The
GMRS
(General Mobile Radio Service) feature is a landmobile
service available for short-distance, two-way communications in the
USA. You must have a valid FCC license to communicate on these
channels (see page 28).
Start from
GMRS Standby
mode to begin
GMRS Setup
programming. Press and hold the
Call/Enter/Setup
button for two
(2) seconds to enter the programming mode.
Squelch Control
Squelch Control
filters weak signals and radio frequency (RF) noise
so that you will clearly hear the signals you want. The
Squelch
Control
on this radio is set through the following keypad operation.
To Set Squelch Control:
1.
With the power On, push and hold
Call/Enter/Setup
button to access the
Setup
menu.
2.
Squelch control will be the first menu item to appear.
Press the
Channel Up
and
Channel Down
buttons to set
level. The signal level bar graph shows squelch
level while you are in
Setup
mode on the squelch
adjust function.
3.
To adjust your squelch, press the
Channel Down
button
until you hear a hissing sound, then press
and release the
Channel Up
button until the hissing
stops. This will establish a “Baseline” squelch.
4.
By pressing the
Channel Up
button further, you will filter
weak and medium strength signals. By pressing
Channel
Down
button, you will receive weaker signals.
5.
Press the
Call/Enter/Setup
button to save this entry
and move to the next
Setup
mode programming.
NOTE
If the
Squelch
is set so that you can hear a continuous
hissing
sound, the
Memory Scan
and
Tri-Watch
functions will be
blocked.
Call/Enter/Setup
CTCSS and DCS Coding Mode
Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System (CTCSS)
and
Digital Coded Squelch (DCS)
coding are used in two-way radio
systems. These are sub-audible frequencies or digital tones that
are sent continuously with speech to engage other radios with
this feature. This feature is generally used between talk groups on
shared channels. Radios with the same subcode set will hear your
transmission. Radios with both DCS and CTCSS set to Off or 00 will
be able to hear your transmissions.
To Set CTCSS Code Entry:
1.
Display will show
CTCSS
icon and
OFF
icon flashing.
NOTE
If
CTCSS
was previously set to a
Code
number, display will
show the current
GMRS
channel and flash the
CTCSS
icon and
Code
number.
2.
Codes begin at
00 (OFF)
and go to
38
, followed by
00
, and
return back to
01
again. The last used
GMRS
channel will
be shown in the large digit display.
NOTE
If
CTCSS
is On, then
DCS
will be Off. If
DCS
is On, then
CTCSS
will be Off. The radio does does this automatically.
3.
Press
Channel Up/Down
button to change code number,
or press and hold
Channel Up/Down
button to rapid
advance (scroll).
4.
Press
Call/Enter/Setup
button to save entry and
move to the next setup programming mode.
Channel Up/Down Buttons
Call/Enter/Setup
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VHF
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A
B
GMRS
X
C
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CTCSS Off